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2
Press the [LIMIT SET] button.
This sets the current fader lever position as the pattern 
limit.
Setting the pattern limit (menu)
This section describes setting the pattern limit on the 
M/E-1 bank as an example.
1
Display the pattern limit setting menu.
When the transition type is a wipe, open the M/E-1 
>Wipe >Edge/Direction menu (1154).
When the transition type is a DME wipe, open the 
M/E-1 >DME Wipe >Edge/Direction menu (1164).
2
Press [Pattern Limit], turning it on.
3
Set the following parameter.
a) 0.00%: Executing the transition does not change the video output.
100.00%: The transition is the same as when the pattern limit is 
disabled, but the cross-point button selections of the background A 
and B buses do not interchange when the transition completes.
Executing a pattern limit transition
1
Press the [PTN LIMIT] button.
The [PTN LIMIT] button is lit amber.
2
Execute the transition.
The transition progresses as far as the set pattern limit. 
Even if the transition completes, the cross-point button 
assignments of the background A and B buses do not 
interchange.
3
Execute the transition once again.
The status before the previous transition is restored.
To cancel the pattern limit
If the pattern limit is restored to the previous value by 
executing step 3, press the [PTN LIMIT] button, turning it 
off.
If the pattern limit is applied by executing step 2, carry out 
the following procedure.
1
Press the [PTN LIMIT] button.
The [PTN LIMIT] button is lit green.
2
Execute the transition.
When the transition is completed, the [PTN LIMIT] 
button turns off, and the pattern limit is released.
Depending on the transition execution method, the 
action will be as follows.
• When you press the [CUT] button, the pattern limit 
is immediately released, and the video switches 
instantaneously.
• When you press the [AUTO TRANS] button (or 
[TAKE] button), until the next transition state, the 
transition is executed over the duration given by the 
transition rate.
• When you move the fader lever, the transition is 
executed from the pattern limit state to the state 
before the pattern limit was executed.
Moving the fader lever even a little synchronizes the 
fader lever position with the transition state, and you 
can move the fader lever either in the forward 
direction or in the reverse direction.
Depending on the Setup menu settings, the transition 
is executed at the instant you press the [PTN LIMIT] 
button, turning the button off. In this case, execution 
continues for the time specified by the independent 
transition rate in the menu, up to the next transition 
state.
To set the transition rate when the pattern limit is 
released
This section describes setting the transition rate on the 
M/E-1 bank as an example.
1
In the <Pattern Limit Release> group in the M/E-1 
>Wipe >Edge/Direction menu (1154) or M/E-1 
>DME Wipe >Edge/Direction menu (1164), select 
one of the following.
Auto Trans Rate: Transition rate set in the transition 
control block
Independ Trans Rate: Independent transition rate
2
If [Independ Trans Rate] is selected, adjust the 
following parameter.
Executing an Auto Transition
The following two modes can be used for auto transition.
Cut
A cut switches instantaneously from the current video to 
the new video. When the next transition is a key, the key is 
inserted (cut in) or removed (cut out) instantaneously.
No. Parameter Adjustment
1Pattern 
Limit
Pattern limit range
 a)
 
No. Parameter Adjustment
1 Transition 
Rate
Independent transition rate